Jalen only produces when the game is out of reach?
Is it a confidence thing or a pressure thing?
Or do defenses just soften up and play him differently when there is a big lead?
Jalen is a different guy when the game is out of reach.
Jalen only produces when the game is out of reach?
Is it a confidence thing or a pressure thing?
Or do defenses just soften up and play him differently when there is a big lead?
Jalen is a different guy when the game is out of reach.
Yes.
There are a lot of people in this subreddit who are critical of Jalen Green WHEN HE PLAYS POORLY. That’s normal, and I’m cool with that.
But I’m getting the impression that there are a few users on this subreddit who are critical of Jalen Green NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES. That’s not criticism. It’s just hate.
Jeff Green gets subbed in for Bari because Bari is struggling with guarding Zion. The strategy is effective, Jeff Green has a good game, and the Rockets win.
These guys’ critiques will be something along the lines of this: “If Jalen Green wasn’t dogshxt, Bari could have stayed in the game because Jalen would have scored around 28 points instead of 16. It’s Jalen’s fault that Jeff Green had to come in and bail us out.”
It doesn’t matter what he does. Their mind is already made up. They operate as if players don’t have bad games. Jamal Murray went 4-14 (28.6 FG%) and was 3-8 (37.5%) from three. Some days, you just don’t have it; but you still have to figure out how to be effective on the court. That’s what Jalen has to learn, and I can see the progress.